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Don't know about the Regal (but it should be listed on the Patter for that day), but on other ships this year the event has been between 6:30 and 7:30 PM on the first formal evening. Usually the Captain speaks mid-way through that hour.

Right, anybody can get in a (usually) short line to pour a little into the fountain. Ship photographers take a photo of each person in hopes of selling photos. Not real Champaign, but inexpensive sparkling wine. Waitstaff walk around with free glasses of sparkling wine. Part of the event is a welcome aboard speech by the Captain along with the introduction of the top ship officers from Staff Captain to CD to Medical Doctor to Head Chef and more.

This is so they can prepare your luggage tags for the end of the cruise and assign a disembarkation time and location. The tags and the disembarkation information will be delivered to your cabin about 2 days before the end of the cruise.

The $39 looks like the charge for when you ate at a specialty restraurant.

Pens and writing pads were removed because of Covid concerns. You can get pen(s) at the customer service desk at no charge.

Seems to work differently on different Princess ships: a) Island Princess - - When turned on by sensor, turns in 30 seconds. When turned on by switch, stays on until switch is used to turn it off. b) Caribbean Princess -- Cannot turn on/off with a switch. When turned on by sensor, turns in 30 seconds. c) Regal Princess: Whether turned on with switch or sensor, turns off automatically.

Ask. Often at least the French toast is available even if not on that day's menu. A breakfast sandwich is available at the International Cafe. Waffles and pancakes are available at the breakfast buffet.

Staff can locate you no matter what you select with that button. Passengers not in your booking cannot locate you without your permission, so using that button is not necessary. Those in your booking can locate you unless you use that button.

Tour company name or link to it please.

Back when there was a four page Patter, these were announced with contact information on day 1.

Or Bravo was he only one scheduled for this 5-day cruise. Since Bravo requires a guest soprano, that was already pre-scheduled. The question is whether the comedian for two nights in a row has one of those nights as a substitute for a 2nd production show.

Some of the Halloween decorations on the ship.

That is because we went through immigration and customs in Portland, Maine (even without customs questions). Those of us leaving the ship for good just walked through the immigration/customs area without stopping.

There were supposed to be three (the cast knows four). I was told that the "technical problem" was that a member of the technical production team had to fly home and that a replacement was not available for this cruise. Without that person's knowledge, the shows could not be performed safely. I think that the CD should have been more forthcoming in letting passengers know there would not be more than the one production show performed.

Vincenzo Lubrano

Ken -- Have not met you in person yet. What will you be wearing during the day so I can recognize you?

These devices, one for every two balcony cabins, were installed to support the Medallion which uses the Intranet which is the gateway to the Internet. No need to be on the balcony to get the best Internet speeds since if is good on the balcony, it will be good inside the cabin.

There was a change of Captains yesterday. Not sure of the name of the new one as the screen with the names/pictures of the officers is not showing that info now, probably because it has not been updated with the photo/name of the new captain.

Definitely not by having the plus package. I suspect it was because you were in a full suite.

Usually people do not go for a couple of sips of four wines. They go for the story behind those wines and the presentation is aimed at wine novices. They used to give out a free shot glass when the dessert wine was poured, but they discontinued that before the pandemic to save $$$..

One thing new, at least to us. Instead of elites filling out a card to select canapés for formal evenings, you have to now call room service to request the only choice which is pralines (which are really 2 chocolate candies and 2 white chocolate candies). The only way to know to do this is a single line on a sheet with a list of elite information which covers topics from the nightly elite/platinum/suite lounge to the wine tasting event. No ordering card in the cabin.

Welcome aboard!!!

This has been tried in the past and abandoned, (Do not remember which airlines have tried it). I do not think it will last long.

Refund policy would be the same for accessible staterooms as for non-accessible ones on the same sales promotion..